FREEBEACON: Committee Probing Whether Afghan Rape Policy Was Linked to Obama Administration Afghanistan Pullback

House Armed Services Committee exploring report on Green Beret who blew whistle on child sexual assault 

U.S. troops in Afghanistan/ AP

BY: Morgan Chalfant
September 25, 2015 5:07 pm

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R., Texas) said Friday that the House Armed Services Committee is looking into whether U.S. soldiers were discouraged from reporting sexual abuse of Afghan boys due to the Obama administration’s push for a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Thornberry, who chairs the committee, spoke to reporters on Capitol Hill after being briefed on a report regarding Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland, the decorated Green Beret who blew the whistle on U.S.-allied Afghan forces raping boys and has subsequently been discharged from the Army.

The congressman, who has not yet read the report, told the Washington Free Beacon that the committee will explore the potential link between the Obama administration’s plan to remove military advisers in Afghanistan and the alleged Pentagon policy instructing soldiers to ignore suspicions of child rape at the hands of Afghan forces.

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